Border/Immigration

This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid threatens to change the cloture process for executive branch nominations via a simple majority — a maneuver called the nuclear option. Just the threat prompted Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to declare Reid the worst Senate leader in history. Rules changes or not, it is hard to see how the two leaders or their caucuses will cooperate in the near future.
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Members of the Texas-based Evangelical Immigration Table will flood the Capitol on July 24 to pressure the House to pass effective commonsense immigration reform. Over 170 evangelical leaders and more than 25,000 so-called “prayer partners” have signed onto the group’s 92-day “Pray for Reform” campaign.
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“We care what people back home say, not what some former president says,” declared Rep. Tim Huelskamp, a second-term Kansas Republican who has clashed with the party leadership in the House.
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The report – published by the President’s National Economic Council, Domestic Policy Council, Office of Management and Budget and the Council of Economic Advisers – cites the results of the Congressional Budget Office study released last month that found immigrants would generate a $197-billion surplus for the federal budget in the decade following the implementation of the bill’s provisions.
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Sen. John Cornyn: “I think there is a bargain to be struck for those who think we ought to find a humane and compassionate solution,” he said, “but they don’t want to be fooled again like in 1986.”
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George W. Bush said the nation was embarked on “an important debate” on immigration reform and expressed “hope there is a positive resolution to the debate.” In a veiled warning to his fellow Republicans, he added, “I hope during the debate that we keep a benevolent spirit in mind, and we understand the contributions immigrants make to our country.”
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In years past, the July session was among Washington’s most productive periods. With the 113th Congress challenging the 112th for a dearth of accomplishments, not much is expected this year.
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If early reaction means anything, there’s no support at all among Texas’ 24 GOP House members for the Senate-passed legislation. “The Senate amnesty bill does not fix our nation’s broken immigration system,” said Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Friendswood. “It rewards law breaking and encourages a new flood of illegals, perpetuating the very problems it claims to solve.”
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